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POST OFFICE EEGULATIONS.
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Weight. — No parcel must exceed 7 lbs. in weight,
except where otherwise stated. Parcels for Spain
and Portugal, via France, Q^ lbs.
Customs Declaration. — Parcels are liable to Cus-
toms regulations, and the sender of each parcel is
required to make a Customs declaration furnishing —
upon a special form or forms provided for the pur-
pose, which can be obtained at any post office — an
accurate statement of the nature and value of the
contents, the date of posting, and other particulars.
The net weight of the various articles contained in a
parcel should, if possible, be stated, and any other
particulars which would facilitate the assessment of
Customs duty. Some foreign administrations require
more than one copy of the Customs declaration form
to be made out. The forms should, when possible,
be filled up in both English and French. Parcels
for foreign countries must in addition be accompanied
by a despatch note, which is supplied at any post
office, and must be filled up by the sender.
Customs Duty. — All parcels are liable to be opened
for Customs examination, and their contents are sub-
ject to Customs duty in the country or colony of
destination. Such duty cannot be prepaid, but is in
each case collected from the addressee on delivery.
In most foreign countries and British colonies the
articles which are not subject to Customs duty on
importation are comparatively few. The post office
can give no information as to the Customs tariff or
procedure of particular countries, nor does it accept
any responsibility for loss, delay, or charges arising
from the Customs regulations to which the contents
of parcels are liable. In addition to Customs duty,
a charge of 6d. per parcel for stamp duty, clearance,
&c., is levied on all dutiable parcels entering the Cape
of Good Hope and Natah . This charge is increased
to Is. 6d. in the case of parcels for the Orange Free
State. In Mexico the charge is 5 cents for a parcel
not exceeding 1 lb., and 1 cent for every 4 oz. in
the case of a parcel exceeding 1 lb.
Letters Enclosed in Parcels. — No letter, or com-
munication of the nature of a letter, may be enclosed
in a parcel for any foreign country or for the colonies
(if the Cape of Good Hope, Jamaica, Mauritius, Natal,
New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, South
Australia, Tasmania, Trinidad, Victoria, or Western
Australia. The enclosure in a parcel addressed to
any of the other British colonies or possessions of a
letter bearing the same address as the parcel is not
prohibited.
Compensation for Loss or Damage. — Compensa-
tion to an amount not exceeding in some cases 20s.
and in other cases 12s. is given for loss or damage
of parcels addressed to foreign countries and to cer-
tain colonies. For particulars apply at any post
oiKce. Parcels for the following British colonies and
dependencies not containing money or any article
which is not transmissible by the inland or colonial
parcel post may be insured up to the value of £50 : —
Aden, Antigua, Ascension, Bahamas, Barbadoes,
British Guiana, British Honduras, British North
Borneo (as far as Sandakan), Ceylon, Cyprus,
Dominica, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Gibraltar, Gre-
nada, Hong Kong, India, Labuan, Montserrat, Nevis,
Newfoundland, St. Helena, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St.
Vincent, Straits Settlements (Malacca, Penang, Pro-
vince of Wellesley, and Singapore only), Tobago,
Tortola, Trinidad, Zanzibar.
Payment of
Os. 6d. in addition to the postage insures £5
Is. Od. " " " 10
Is. 6d. " " " 15
2s. Od. " " " 20
2s. 6d. " " " 25.
Ss. Od. " " " 3(J
33. 6d. " " " S5
4s. Od. " " " 40
4s. 6d. " " " -io.
5s. Od. " " " oO
Paching. — More careful and substantial packing
is necessary for all foreign and colonial parcels than
for inland parcels, owing to the much greater distance-
over which, as a rule, the former have to be conveyed,
the very different conditions of transit, and the in-
fluence of climate. This is a consideration which
must necessarily bs taken into account in dealing
with claims for compensation. Further, a parcel for
any foreign country must be so sealed by the sender
that the parcel cannot be opened without the seals
being broken.
Frohihited Articles.— As, in the case of the inland
parcel post, certain dangerous and perishable articles
and contraband articles must not be sent by means
of the foreign and colonial parcel post. Liquids may
be accepted if securely packed ia proper cases.
General. — Where not repugnant to the foregoing
rules, the general regulations of the inland parcel
post will apply.
In addition to the countries, &c., given on page
24, parcels may be sent to the following places,,
and full particulars can be obtained at any post
office: — Accra, Aden, Adrianople, Annam, Ascen-
sion, Azores, * Austrian Agencies in Turkey, Baha-
mas, Bahrain, Bandar Abas, Batavia, Bathurst
(Gambia), BerlDice, Bermuda, Beyrout, Borneo, Bosnia,
British Bechnanaland, British Honduras, Busrah,
Cameroons, Candia or Crete. Cayenne, Chili, Cochin
China, Congo Free State, Congo (French), Corsica,
Costa Rica, Demerara, Diego Suarez, Faroe Islands,
Falkland Islands, Fiji, Finland, *French Agencies in
Turkey, Gaboon, Gambia, *Greece, Guadalope, Guadur,.
Herzegovinia, Iceland, Jamna, Jask, Java, Jerusalem,
Lagos (Turkey), Lamu, Linga, Little Popo, Jlada-
gascar, Martinique, IMashonaland, Mauritius, Mayotte^
*Mesico, Mombasa, Morocco, Muscat, Mytilene, New-
Caledonia, New Hebrides, Norfolk Island, North
Borneo, Nossi Bd, Novi Bazar, Obock, Padang
(Sumatra), Philippopolis, Quittah, Reunion, Rhodes,
Roumania, St. Croix, St. John, St. Helena, St.
Thomas, Salonica, Samarang, Samoa, Sarawak,
Sardinia, Senegal, Seychelles, Siam, Sicily, Smyrna,
Sverbeya, Tahiti, Tangiers, Tonga, Tonquin, Trebi-
sond, Tristan D'Acunha, Turk's Island, *Uruguay.
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